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Phyllonorycter lonicerae

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Species of moth

Phyllonorycter lonicerae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. lonicerae
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter lonicerae
(Kumata, 1963)
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis lonicerae Kumata, 1963

Phyllonorycter lonicerae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu in Japan and from China.

The wingspan is 6–7 mm.

The larvae feed as leaf miners on Lonicera japonica. The mine is slightly tentiform and located on the lower surface of the leaf.

References

  1. ^ Tosio Kumata (August 1963). "Taxonomic studies on the Lithocolletinae of Japan (Lepidoptera : Gracillariidae) Part 2" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 26 (1): 1–48. hdl:2115/9698. ISSN 0020-1804. Wikidata Q110229260.
Taxon identifiers
Phyllonorycter lonicerae


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